Earliest church in the tropics unearthed in former heart of Atlantic slave trade
(University of Cambridge) Remains of a church on Cabo Verde's Santiago Island, off the West African coast, dates back to late 15th century -- when Portugal first colonized the islands that played a central role in the global African slave trade. Archaeological excavations are helping Cabo Verdeans gain new insight into their remarkable and long-obscured history. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 9, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Ancient Tsunami Was Nearly As Tall As The Eiffel Tower, Scientists Say
This study reinforces the idea that we need to take this into account when we assess the hazard potential of oceanic volcanoes." Some scientists think more research is needed to determine the behavior of giant waves that may be generated by a volcanic collapse, as well as how to adequately monitor the chances that such a tsunami-causing collapse might happen. "Since we've never seen such an event happen on an ocean island, we don't have practical experience with how the collapse will manifest itself," Dr. Michael Poland, a geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey in Vancouver, Washington, who was not involved in the...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - October 5, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Signs of ancient mega-tsunami could portend modern hazard
Scientists working off west Africa in the Cape Verde Islands have found evidence that the sudden collapse of a volcano there tens of thousands of years ago generated an ocean tsunami that dwarfed anything ever seen by humans. The researchers say an 800-foot wave engulfed an island more than 30 miles away. The study could revive a simmering controversy over whether sudden giant collapses present a realistic hazard today around volcanic islands, or even along more distant continental coasts. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 2, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Evidence confirms volcanic island collapses may trigger mega-tsunamis
A pre-historical sudden collapse of one of the tallest and most active oceanic volcanoes on Earth — Fogo, in the Cape Verde Islands – triggered a mega-tsunami with waves impacting 220 metres (721 feet) above present sea level resulting in catastrophic consequences, according to a new University of Bristol study published today [02 Oct] in Science Advances. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - October 2, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Research, International; Faculty of Science, Faculty of Science, School of Earth Sciences; Press Release Source Type: news
Was Darwin Really a Genius?
You could never touch Mozart's musical genius, even if you stuck with your piano lessons for ten thousand years. Michelangelo's artistic talent would be eternally beyond your grasp. It is an impossibility that you could ever have written anything like Newton's Principia. OK - so even if you put all your life into it, you could not come close to Mozart, Michelangelo, or Newton's achievements. But what about Darwin?
Did Darwin really have any extraordinary and rare talents that are definitively beyond the limits of your own potential? Is it within the realm of the possible, with your innate intelligence and abilities, that...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 11, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Case study Cabo Verde: Simulation offers policy Rx for curbing HIV
The African archipelago nation of Cabo Verde could bring its HIV epidemic under control within 10 years by ramping up a combination of four interventions already underway, according to projections from a sophisticated computer model led by public health researchers. Much of the progress could be achieved, the model predicts, by focusing the effort just on the most at-risk populations. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 8, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Case study Cabo Verde: Simulation offers policy Rx for curbing HIV
(Brown University) The African archipelago nation of Cabo Verde could bring its HIV epidemic under control within 10 years by ramping up a combination of four interventions already underway, according to projections from a sophisticated computer model led by Brown University public health researchers. Much of the progress could be achieved, the model predicts, by focusing the effort just on the most at-risk populations. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - April 8, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Malaria Hits Ghana Skipper, Tunisia and Cape Verde Draw, Zambia Loses Sinkala At CAN Day Two
[RFI]Mongomo -On day two of the Africa Cup of Nations we learned that Ebola is not the only disease stalking the continent, Tunisia and Cape Verde were back to square one. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - January 20, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Volcanic eruption on Cape Verde Island
A new volcanic eruption commenced on Fogo, one of the Cape Verde Islands, on November 23rd, 2014. This eruption continues to date, and is considered to be the largest eruption by volume, and in terms of damage, on the archipelago for over 60 years. Most damage was caused by lava flows advancing into populated regions, so that numerous buildings, homes and roads were destroyed. In total, three villages have been abandoned and thousands of residents have had to be evacuated. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 16, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Night visions: Darren Almond's full-moon landscapes
Taken over the course of half an hour at night, Darren Almond's images expose what happens when 'you give the landscape longer to express itself'At least two guiding spirits hover around To Leave a Light Impression, the new show by British artist Darren Almond at White Cube, Bermondsey. The most obvious is Charles Darwin, in whose footsteps Almond followed to make several of his images. The other is the lesser-known Scottish nature writer, Nan Shepherd, whose book, The Living Mountain, provides the exhibition's epigraph:"So there I lie on the plateau, under me the central core of fire from which was thrust the grumbling, g...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 21, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Sean O'Hagan Tags: theguardian.com Photography Charles Darwin Argentina Art The moon Art and design Scotland Editorial Environment Science Chile Source Type: news
Tanzania: Young Brides Can Get Health Complications
[Daily News]HOW child-friendly is the country? The Child-Friendliness Index 2013, which also compares progress, reveals that those scoring highest as the 'most child-friendly' are Mauritius, South Africa, Tunisia, Egypt, Cape Verde, Rwanda, Lesotho, Algeria, Swaziland and Morocco. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - January 7, 2014 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Going home
(Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)) For a better protection of marine turtles, scientists try to understand why they return to their birthplace in order to reproduce after rather long distance migrations. Using molecular tools applied to turtles from the Cape Verde islands, scientists from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Germany) found females from different islands have different immune genes, suggesting that returning home to reproduce is linked to advantages in parasite resistance. The study is now published in the "Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences." (Source: Eure...
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 30, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
